#i like the idea of them both being octomaids

[glambots]

Some quick MerMay HCs for Sun and Moon bc I managed to have a decently good day in what feels like forever and scrounged together the energy to write these. It's a little long, sorry.

MerMay/Mer!AU Moondrop/Sundrop HCs:

⭐Both of them are Octomaids (Octopi-Mermaid). Moon is a variant of a mixed blue-ring/Mimic octopi, but with the colors inversed (yellow rings on blue skin). His tentacles have retractable barbs filled with a paralyzing agent that he uses to keep his prey from escaping.

⭐Like an octopus, Moon is very intelligent, curious, playful, and loves to squeeze his way into tight/small spaces. He's also very clingy and will hang all over you once he gets attached. When he wants to be held/petted, he will be.

⭐Also like octopi, he has the ability to camouflage himself as other creatures. More specifically, his tentacles can fit together to appear as a normal mer's tail, tailfin and all.

⭐On that note, Moon is slightly cannibalistic. He can, and will, prey on smaller/weaker mer who fall for his "mer" camo. It's only once the tentacles separate back into singular parts that they realize their mistake--but by that point, it's too late.

⭐Sun is a variant of a mixed clownfish-pattern/Mimic octopi. The clownfish pattern isn't natural, but he chooses to keep the colors because he feels they makes him look brighter and more approachable.

⭐Sun's "head rays" double as feelers, and can move independently of the rest of him. They're very soft, flimsy, and sensitive. He uses them as lures to trick fish/crabs/other small prey into getting close enough for him to catch.

⭐Both Moon and Sun can echo human speech to a point. Usually small strings of words, or singular words that they like to repeat. Sometimes they understand what the words mean, through the body language associated with it, sometimes they just like how it feels or sounds.

⭐Obviously, Sun is more active during the day and Moon is more nocturnal. Sun is also more social while Moon is more reclusive, but both are equally clingy (and jealous) once they've bonded with you. They both like to gift you with "shinies" and trinkets they think you'll like (which is usually trash they've found floating around).

[nocturna-iv]

Uma is a sea witch

One of the things I wanted to do with my current Bummarry is having both, Harry and Ben, fall in love with Uma for who she really is in every way. That includes her physical form as a sea witch. That they must commit to the limitations that this implies (that she cannot transform in a human form when she goes to the island or that they cannot breathe underwater, leaving them with very limited places to interact). First, because I don't feel like there is enough content with Uma in her non-human form.

And second, because people fantasize a lot about the romance of mermaids with humans. But let's face it, the mermaid image is very conventional. Very... Delicate. But... The image of an octomaid? That is powerful. Disney used this representation for Ursula (and Morgana) because it screams power and dominance. Because a woman with eight limbs that scream phallic form is here to destroy the patriarchy. And yeah, a dominant woman is often associated by the Media with villainy.

So I wanted every encounter in my fic (at least the first ones) of Uma with Harry and Ben to be in this clear difference. Not only that she is an AK and they VK. Or that she is a goddess, Harry is human and Ben is a "fairy". Rather, they are different from where they belong. The sea and the land. They have to compromise.

And of course, in my fic, Uma was raised to know that her appearance is associated with Ursula and Morgana, that being a sea witch gives the impression that she is dangerous, so she has always had to be regal but also not promote those stereotypes. They taught her that instead of teaching others not to discriminate against her. So Uma always is very aware of her actions in her true form. But on the island, where the villains are the leaders, all those characteristics would make her stand out in a positive light. So for Harry and Ben, Uma is no different, they grew up with other sea witches (daughters of Morgana, they excellent with the violin). So Uma is more comfortable with Harry and Ben. Being in her sea witch appearance that she considers more hers. Despite the technical difficulties that all this implies.

Well... This is just an idea.

In the end, what I mean, I need more content with Uma in her octomaid form. And I know that Harry and Ben support me 100% in this.